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Chapters: Brisca Hotstox. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 92. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hotstox (also known as V8 Hotstox) are a British Stock Car Racing organisation that race on British short oval racing circuits. They are members of the British Stock Car Drivers Association (BSCDA) and are affiliated to the British Stock Car Racing Association (BriSCA). Hotstox have also previously been known as V8 Stock Cars. Hotstox was a concept developed by then promoter of the now defunct Long Eaton Stadium - Keith Barber. Barber also edited and produced the premier Stock Car publication Stock Car Magazine (SCM). It was in the pages of SCM in 1983 that Barber outlined the idea of a budget contact racing formula as an alternative to the Formula 1 Stock Cars. The rules were influenced heavily by Stock Cars that Barber had seen in New Zealand. The New Zealand cars featured 'Stock' bodies and small capacity engines. Early Hotstox rules allowed a basic ladder chassis construction with power provided by a Rover V8 or Ford V6. Suspension was restricted to leaf spring arrangements with strictly standard shock absorbers - rules which exist to this day. Stock bodies from production road cars were to be used and although the first constructed Hotstox featured such bodies, it became clear that creating a stock bodied car was not practical as the time taken to fabricate them proved both time consuming and costly. The first cars constructed were built by Nigel Parker and Paul Lomax. Lomax's car featured a Ford Fiesta body. Demonstration races began taking place - mainly at Long Eaton with the first meeting proper running at Long Eaton in April 1984. The first final was won by Parker. The formula soon began to expand and gain new drivers and cars. The majority used the Rover 3.5L engine but some...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20126553 ... Read more

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The inspiration for this book was the enjoyment I get from reading to my two little girls every night. My life around the authentically passionate people in motorsports collided with cute fluffy animals, princesses and fairies after my girls were born. So, the idea of Feathers, Fur and Frog's Hair Adventures was born. This is a children's adventure story about little woodland and wetland animals that work on race cars. Robin is a bird who happens to know a lot about fixing race cars and enlists his woodland and wetland buddies to help him. They emanate the qualities of the people who appreciate motorsports in real life: competitive spirit, teamwork, tradition and conservation. This is an essential reading for anyone who wants to know the real reason race cars go fast!!! Also available at Amazon.com. ... Read more

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Great Adventure Book for Kids of All Ages!Must buy!
This book is a wonderful, adventure book for my children, which I purchased online.They love reading it and enjoy the illustrations!My children especially like the imaginative concepts of the woodland/wetland creatures.The author is superbly creative and has provided a book that kids of all ages will enjoy!The Speed Trail is a MUST BUY! ... Read more

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The 2008 American Le Mans Series Official Yearbook. 260 pages, over 900 photos. A brilliantly laid out informative and collectible treasure. See the battles between Audi and Porsche. Ferrari and the GT3 Porsche, Corvette Racing and Aston Martin. Loaded with facts, figures and data of every event. Practice, qualifying and the race. Tech sections on every manufacturer and team. Large format 12" x 9". This big book weighs in at almost 4 lbs and is proudly created, designed, produced, printed and bound in the USA. The best book about current Sports Car Racing available anywhere. Races include 12 Hours of Sebring, St Petersburg GP, Long Beach GP, Miller Motor Sports, Utah, Mid Ohio, Lime Rock Park, Detroit GP, Road America, Mosport Park, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca. Not forgetting a special section on the Le Mans 24 Hours. ... Read more

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American Le Mans Series 2008 Season Yearbook
Brilliant. In years to come, this will be THE definitive source for stats and images.
The Holy Grail of Sports Car Racing. ... Read more

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COMPLETE SET. COMES WITH ORIGINAL BOX, INSTRUCTIONS, AND CARTRIDGE. Snap on your crash helmet, fire up your Formula I, and slam it into first. Power through the first turn and you're off on a Grand Prix class racing circuit.The faster you push your race car the more alert you have to be. You may slide off the track and into a maze of grass and trees. You may find yourself skidding into a pond. Or you may find yourself halfway through a hairpin turn before you know it.Whether you race against an opponent or against the clock, there are thrills enough for anybody * Five different race cars * Five different race courses * One or two players DEVELOPMENT HISTORY: There were two versions of Auto Racing released due to a running change made during manufacturing. In the original version, steering is realistic -- it is oriented to the car. For example, if your car is moving downward on-screen and you want to turn right (that is, toward the left of the screen), you press right on the hand controller disc. Mattel received complaints about how difficult this was (even the instruction book warns that it takes some getting used to), so a running change was ordered to make steering intuitive -- to orient it to the screen. In the above example, to turn toward the left of the screen, you press left on the hand controller disc, even though the car is actually making a right.Both versions had their advocates -- intuitive steering being easier to play; realistic steering being a better simulation of driving. One programmer likened it to the difference between driving an automatic and driving a stick. Unfortunately, there's no way to tell which version is which from the package; you either have to check the instruction book, or just plug in the cartridge and play.FUN FACT: The five courses are mapped on a globe; you can drive off one, through the trees, and onto another, or onto the hidden drag strip. ... Read more

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The Audi R8 is a sports-prototype race car introduced in 2000 for sports car racing as a redevelopment of their Audi R8R (open top LMP) and Audi R8C (closed top LMGTP) used in 1999. It is one of the most successful sports cars ever (alongside such greats as the Porsche 956/962) having won the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 (five of the seven years it competed). A streak of six straight Le Mans victories was broken-up only by the Bentley Speed 8 (powered by the same V8 twin-turbo engine) in 2003, when the R8 finished 3rd. The petrol-powered Audi R8 race car was replaced by the new Audi R10 TDI Diesel in 2006; however, the need to further develop the R10 meant that the R8 saw action in a few races leading up to Le Mans. ... Read more

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Chapters: Arden International, Spyker F1, A1 Team Netherlands, Racing for Holland, Boro, Van Amersfoort Racing, Ar Motorsport. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Arden International is an international Formula 3000/GP2 Series team, created by Christian Horner. Initially created to raise up Horner's career, and then reliant on sponsorship from Viktor Maslov, the team began to get good results and was the best team of Formula 3000 in its last years, showing new talents to motorsport world like Darren Manning, Tomá Enge, Björn Wirdheim and Vitantonio Liuzzi. Yelmer Buurman driving for Arden at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.The team won two titles (2003, with Wirdheim and 2004, with Liuzzi), has scored 334 points, won 15 races and achieved 20 pole positions in Formula 3000. In 2005, Arden stayed in the series, now rebranded as the GP2 Series and achieved second place in the Constructors' Championship with Heikki Kovalainen and Nicolas Lapierre, and second place in the Drivers' Championship with Kovalainen. In 2006, Arden competed in GP2 with Lapierre and the rookie Michael Ammermüller (Neel Jani acted as a substitute for Lapierre when the latter was injured in the race at Monaco). This year, Arden suffered a massive drop, and had only 57 points to show, compared to the previous season's 126. For 2007, Arden signed Bruno Senna, nephew of triple F1 champion Ayrton Senna, and A1 Team South Africa driver Adrian Zaugg. For 2008, the team was renamed Trust Team Arden, after its Dutch title sponsor Trust. Swiss driver and Red Bull talent Sébastien Buemi and Dutchman Yelmer Buurman were its race line-up. Midseason, Buurman was replaced by ART Grand Prix outcast Luca Filippi. For 2009, the team signed F3 frontrunners Sergio Perez and Edo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1358457 ... Read more